Legal Opinion
Holt v. Southern Railway Co.
District Court, E.D. Tennessee
Decided August 26, 1970No. Civ. A. No. 2340PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
NEESE, District Judge.
This is an action for money damages for breach by the defendant railway of its contract of employment with the plaintiff Mr. Clarence E. Holt, its former employee. This Court has jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1332(a) (1), (c).
The controversy was stimulated by a derailment of the defendant’s extra train no. 3003 west, as a result of the failure of the cargo of one of the gondola cars thereof to clear the overhead and side bracings in a natural tunnel in Virginia on the late evening of February 20, 1966. This was Pennsylvania car no. 614700, 52nd unit…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Glus v. Brooklyn Eastern District TerminalSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Walker v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1966
- The Monrosa v. Carbon Black Export, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Carbon Black Export, Inc. v. The Ss Monrosa, Her Engines, Tackle, Etc., and Navigazione Alta ItaliaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1958
- Stanley Pyzynski v. New York Central Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1970
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Riley v. Empire Airlines, Inc.District Court, N.D. New York · 1993